武汉大学研究生英语测试unit1tounit5vocabularyWord文档下载推荐.docx

1、1. We have a certain stereotypical _ of a person from a culture and we interpret his/her behaviour according to this preconception, whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it. 2. According to Dr. Helfand, Pakistan built nuclear weapons as a _ against India. India wanted them as

2、a _ against China.3. The European _ Committee assesses the legal and/or political importance of each EU document, decides which EU documents are debated, monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review. 4. A ma

3、jor _ in handling criticism is that we believe the criticism to be unfair and untrue and that we should defend ourselves against such criticism. 5. Many Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term “Lao Wai” is somehow an insult, and in fact the term “Lao Wai” doesnt have a negative _ in C

4、hinese. 6. China has no plan to change its _ treatment policies for foreign investment in the near future in order toreassure foreign investors who have been worried that China might cancel its _ policies and give foreign investors the same national treatment as their domestic counterparts now that

5、the country is in the WTO. 7. Restorative yoga is especially helpful for anxiety-_ people because it allows the nervous system to rest and heal. 8. Students should develop the ability to weigh evidence without bias, tolerate_, and use ethical principles in their academic and personal lives. 9. Membe

6、rs slated for peacekeeping duties over 180 days are eligible for up to 15 days of rest and _. 10. The norms of our own culture are not necessarily wrongoften they are very goodbut we should learn not to judge other cultures ways of acting and thinking _ only because they differ from our own. Keys: 1

7、. preconception 2. deterrent; deterrent 3. Scrutiny 4. stumbling block 5. connotation6. preferential; preferential 7. prone 8. ambiguity 9. recuperation 10.ethnocentricallyVocabulary Exercise B Fill in the blanks with the best choice. 1. _implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively

8、 being carried along out of inability to imagine anything else. A. Tenancy B. Tenacity C. Tendency D. Tenure 2. In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a （an）_ smile. An amazing journey! A. inscrutable B. sweet C. incredulous D. incurious 3. The elimination of _ was

9、believed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural exchange. A. generalizations B. judgments C. doubts D. stereotypes 4. The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24-hour satellite television channel based in Baghdad to make it easier to _ the news media “filter” that Bush Administration off

10、icials believe is misleading the public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq. A. circumnavigate B. circulate C. circumvent D. curriculum 5. This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler that will develop coordina

11、tion, balance and _ relationship skills as well as communication and cooperation. A. scrutiny B. spacious C. stereotype D. spatial 6. It is a _ to say that the women who teach in India must know the language, the religion, superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be

12、the very same case for England. A. truism B. genuine C. tenacity D. similarity 7. The _ of “white” in Chinese includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese pay respect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West, however, white is

13、 the traditional color for the bride at weddings, and to wear white at funerals would be offensive. A. configuration B. conjunction C. connotation D. connection 8. The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a _ for continuing military rule, according to Selig Harrison, a leading US authority

14、on South Asia, Afghanistan and the region. A. inflection B. faade C. ambiguity D. fabrication 9. As television, and to an extent the internet have _further through our society, the effects are perhaps more significant than even we realize. A. perpetuated B. pervasive C. permanent D. permeated 10. Theres this new girl coming to my school, and I like her a lot. I want to _ our friendship before I start a serious relationship. A. cement B. lime C. clay D. concrete Keys: 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C. 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10.AUnit3Vocabulary Check AChoose the appropriate word or